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Community Emergency Response Teams

It's like paying for car insurance. You might never need either – you'd hope not to. But if the occasion arises, having the CERT training (just like having car insurance) means you're as ready as you can be to help yourself, your family, and your neighborhood.

CERT members receive 17 and a half hours (one day a week for seven weeks) of initial training. The seven-week course is followed by full-day biannual refresher drills and an opportunity to assist the first responders in Shelby County at local incidents.

CERT is provided free of charge within Shelby County to anyone 18 or older. To join, please contact the Emergency Management Agency at (205) 669-3999.

Development Services

Applicants requesting the approval of an ABC License by the Shelby County Commission must bring their completed State of Alabama ABC application form to the Department of Development Services, located in the County Services Building, 1123 County Services Drive, Pelham, AL, 35124.

The applicant will be required to complete a Shelby County ABC application form and must pay all applicable fees. The Department of Development Services will forward this application to other agencies for review.

The application will be introduced at a regularly scheduled County Commission meeting to be determined once all requested information from other reviewing agencies has been received and evaluated; no action will be taken at this time. The approval of the application will then be considered at a subsequent meeting. The applicant must attend the second meeting, as the Commission will hear the request and make a decision.

Emergency Management Agency (EMA)

The Emergency Operations Center (EOC) provides a secure location for local government elected officials and department heads to determine situational status, coordinate actions, and make critical decisions during large-scale emergencies and disaster situations. Emergency Management staff maintains the EOC during normal daily operational duty hours. However, during activations, personnel from various agencies, departments, organizations, and volunteers supplement the paid EOC staff.

The EOC, located at the Ray Building, includes the Operations Room, Communications Center, staff offices, functional work areas, full kitchen, and shower / restroom facilities.

Probate Court: Administration Of An Intestate Estate

If someone dies without writing a Will, they have died intestate. Each state has specific laws governing the distribution of property when a person dies intestate, and most laws are generally the same. The laws of Alabama are shown below, but you should remember that these laws may not apply if the deceased was not a resident of Alabama, or if the property is located in another state. In this list, "issue" means all of the people who have descended from the decedent. This includes children (both natural and adopted), grandchildren (both natural and adopted), great grandchildren, and so on.

Probate Court: Adoption

Adoption is the legal procedure through which a minor is recognized by law as being the son or daughter of the adopting adult(s) and as having all of the rights and duties of such relationship including the right of inheritance. The adoptee takes the name designated by the petitioner.

1. Preplacement investigation. 2. All necessary consents and/or relinquishments concerning the adoption are obtained. 3. Guardian ad litem is appointed when either natural parent of the adoptee is a minor or in case of a contested hearing. 4. Petition court for authority to pay fees or expenses. 5. Placement of child with petitioners. 6. File petition for adoption 30 days after placement. 7. Serve notice or obtain waiver of notice on or from all parties entitled to notice of the adoption. 8. Post placement investigation. 9. Hearings. 10. Affidavits of non-payment. 11. Accounting of disbursements.

A family member or any interested person, with the priorities as follows:1. Conservator appointed in another jurisdiction 2. Person selected by incapacitated person 3. Person designated by incapacitated person's power of attorney 4. Spouse 5. Adult child 6. Parent 7. Relative with whom ward has lived for the last six months 8. Nominee of person caring for incapacitated person 9. General Conservator or Sheriff

Probate Court: Probate Of Wills

Probate of a Will is the administration of an estate to insure that all of the property is disposed of properly. It is the Probate Judge's responsibility to make sure that all of the laws in Alabama regarding the distribution of estates are followed.

Shelby County, Alabama
200 West College St.
Columbiana, AL 35051
Ph: (205) 670-6550